Growth properties, monoterpenes having

The insecticidal property and antimicrobial activity of citrus peel oils have been reported. The oil can repel moth, mosquito, cockroach, domestica, and housefly (62-66). It also inhibits the growth of microbes such as fungi and salmoneUae, with monoterpenes being the major compounds that account for pathogen fungi inhibition (46, 67, 68). 

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